Morley Jennings spent 15 seasons as the Bears' head football coach, compiling a record of 83-60-6 from 1926-40. Ten of Jennings' Baylor teams had winning seasons, including the 1935 squad which went 8-3. From 1937-39 his Bears went 21-8-1. Among the great players he coached were Barton Koch, Sam Boyd, Billy Patterson and Jack Russell.